April 22, 2003 - The US military has revealed it is holding juveniles at its high-security prison for terrorists at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, known as Camp Xray. The commander of the joint task force at Guantanamo, Major General Geoffrey Miller, says more than one child under the age of 16 is at the detention centre.

June 30, 2004 - In a surprising ruling for the Justice Department, the Supreme Court ruled in the Hamdi case that detainees have the right to contest their detention in Federal court. Ironically, because they are being held outside of the United States, it appears that they may file in any jurisdiction. In response, the DOJ is attempting to move all detainees from Cuba to Kansas to obtain the most favorable conservative judiciary.

The LA Times has the story.

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